Citadis
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The Citadis is a low-floor tram built by Alstom in La Rochelle, France, and Barcelona, Spain. 1,140 Citadis are currently in use in 28 cities [1], among others: Bordeaux, Lyon, Montpellier, Orléans, the Paris area, and Barcelona, Dublin, Gdańsk, Katowice, Melbourne and Rotterdam outside France.
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[edit] Citadis types
The Citadis family includes both partially low-floor and 100% low-floor trams, in versions with three, five, and seven sections.
The Citadis family comprises:
- Citadis 202 - double articulated 100% low floor (Melbourne)
- Citadis 301 - also three section but with 70% low floor (Orléans and Dublin) [2].
- Citadis 302 - five carbody sections, 100% low floor (Lyon, Bordeaux, Paris T2, Valenciennes, Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Murcia and Barcelona)
- Citadis 402 - seven carbody sections, 100% low floor (Bordeaux, Grenoble, Paris T3)
- Citadis 401 - five sections, 70% low floor (Montpellier and Dublin)
- Citadis 403 - seven sections, with modified end bogie design (Strasbourg)
- Regio-Citadis - three sections, 70% low floor (Kassel, Ridderkerk (connected to Zoetermeer and The Hague transportation systems), Salzgitter)
- Citadis-Dualis - derived from the Citadis series and adapted both to tramway lines and regional railway tracks, it will be operated by the SNCF [3] (see below)
The 70% low-floor “Regio-Citadis” variant allows for tram-train operation, in which trams run also on mainline railway tracks; it is used in the German city Kassel, and has been delivered for The Hague. This train type are having possibillities of duo-powering (diesel/600 VDC, 600 VDC/1,5 kV 16 Hz or 600 VDC/Bioenergy/diesel).
The Regio-Citadis model has now been superseded by “Citadis-Dualis”, redesigned to operate on the same lines as regional trains (on the TER (Transport express régional) network) and intended for running at up to 100 km/h (62 mph, compared to 70 km/h (43 mph) for the Citadis tram), and for stop spacings ranging from 0.5 km to 5 km (460 yds to 3.1 mi). 31 have been ordered (plus 169 on option [4]) by the SNCF at an average cost of €3·2 millions per car (about $4.94 millions or £2.5 millions) [5].
Like most trams, Citadis vehicles are usually powered by overhead electric wires, but the trams in Bordeaux (and in the future Angers, Reims and Dubai) use the “Aps” (ground-level power supply), a third rail which is only powered while it is completely covered by a tram so that there is no risk of a person or animal coming into contact with a live rail. In outer areas, the trams switch to conventional overhead wires [6].
Competitors to the Citadis include Bombardier Transportation's Flexity family (Outlook, Swift, Classic, and the Link tram-train), Siemens Combino and Avanto trams and TMK 2200 from Crotram.
[edit] Ordered Citadis trams
[edit] Argentina
- Buenos Aires: Tranvía del Este [7]. The service is provided by two Citadis 302 model trams, manufactured by the French [8] company Alstom and granted under a free concession by the city of Mulhouse.
[edit] Australia
- Melbourne: C class Melbourne tram, operated by Yarra Trams. Between 2008 and 2011, Melbourne is renting five of Mulhouse's Citadis 302 trams [9].
[edit] France
The Alstom Citadis has close to a monopoly in France, where all new trams are low-floored and almost all of them are Citadis trams.
- Bordeaux: Tramway de Bordeaux [10][11]
- Grenoble: Tramway de Grenoble [12]
- Le Mans: Setram (Société anonyme d'économie mixte des transports en commun de l'agglomération mancelle)
- Lyon: Tramway de Lyon [13]
- Montpellier: TaM (Transports de l'agglomération de Montpellier) [14]
- Mulhouse: Tramway de Mulhouse
- Nice: Tramway de Nice
- Orléans: SEMTAO (Société d'économie mixte des transports de l'agglomération orléanaise) [15]
- Paris: Tramway parisien (a branch of the RATP) [16]
- Strasbourg: Tramway de Strasbourg [17]
- Valenciennes: Tramway de Valenciennes
- Reims: Tramway de Reims – Delivery to commence in October 2009[18][19]
[edit] Ireland
[edit] Netherlands
[edit] Poland
- Gdańsk: ZKM Gdańsk (Zakład Komunikacji Miejskiej w Gdańsku), ZTM (Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Gdańsku)
- Katowice: Tramwaje Śląskie
[edit] Spain
- Barcelona: Trambaix, Trambesòs
- Madrid: Metro Ligero de Madrid
- Tenerife: Tranvía Metro Tenerife
- Murcia: Tranvimur
[edit] Tunisia
[edit] United Arab Emirates
- Al Sufouh Tram (Ar.: ترام الصفوح) in Dubai is expected to have 25 Citadis 402. It will use APS. Phase 1 will open in April 2011 [20].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Planète CITADIS. Alstom, Citadis Mag № 10 (2008-04-10). Retrieved on 2008-05-03. (French)
- ^ Note: the Dublin Trams are currently being converted to 401s in a programme which will be completed during 2008
- ^ CITADIS Dualis Information Sheet
- ^ f>CITADIS Dualis, Speed and smoothness from the city centre to the suburbs. Alstom (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
- ^ Harry Hondius (2007-07-02). Dualis extends the reach of the Citadis family. Railway Gazette International. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
- ^ CJ Wansbeek (2002-12-01). Bordeaux: Fronting the French tramway revolution. Light Rail Transit Association. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
- ^ Citadis Cars for an experimental line in Buenos Aires. Alstom (2006-12-28). Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
- ^ Atta, Carlos (2008). Francia quiere una red de tranvías en Buenos Aires. La Nación. Retrieved on 2008-03-06. (Spanish)
- ^ See also Trams in Melbourne
- ^ Fiche technique 302
- ^ Fiche technique 402 (French)
- ^ Fiche technique Grenoble 2 (French)
- ^ Fiche technique (French)
- ^ Fiche technique 401 (French)
- ^ Fiche technique Orléans (French)
- ^ Fiche technique CIT-RATP (French)
- ^ Fiche technique Strasbourg (French)
- ^ Reims tramway sparkles with colour. Alstom (2007-01-29). Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
- ^ Reims, sa cathédrale, son tram.... Admirable Design (2007-05-14). Retrieved on 2007-09-09. (French)
- ^ "Al Safouh tram project consortium selected", Railway Gazette International, 2008-4-29. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
[edit] External links
- Alstom Transport
- List of all ordered Citadis (en Français/in French) (read the notes written by visitors at the end of the page, because there are some errors in the table)
- «Sensolab drives interior experimentation» - design of Citadis tram interiors for Paris, Le Mans, Angers
